state of Wyoming to classify the animals as predators that may be shot on sight

state of Wyoming to classify the animals as predators that may be shot on sight

Disgusting, right American way if it wont Cooperate kill it.... These animals, life, everything was here before any damn STATE WAS CREATED by MAN..... why do you feel you are that empowered to just erase existence, create programs that educate, innovate and create solutions.... for the USA to be so damn LAZY and BACKWARDS disgusts me..... period. Today it's wolves, then bears, then who knows... there are alternatives.. always...........

Animal Trophy hunting? What year do we live in.......

The state plan also allows trophy game hunting of wolves in a flexible zone around Yellowstone. As of Tuesday, licensed hunters in Wyoming had killed at least 33 of the maximum 52 wolves the state is allowing them to kill this year in the trophy area.

Wyoming has committed to maintaining at least 10 breeding pairs of wolves and at least 100 individual animals outside of Yellowstone and the Wind River Indian Reservation, in the central part of the state. Wildlife managers estimated there were roughly 300 wolves outside of Yellowstone, where no hunting is allowed, when the state took over.

"What the (Fish and Wildlife) Service does, in setting the benchmark for delisting of wolves is an important precedent for its treatment of species all across the country, said Tim Preso, a Montana lawyer who represents the coalition. The groups in the lawsuit are the Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity.

"Wolves get a lot of attention; people care a lot about wolves. The service is under the microscope when it comes to dealing with wolves. And if it's good enough with respect to wolves to say that a free-fire zone in 85 percent of the state is OK, I think we're very concerned that sets a terrible precedent for other species," Preso said.